The Other Each Other - Glass Case
THE OTHER EACH OTHER RELEASES DARK ‘GLASS CASE’
Seattle post-punk/art-rock artist The Other Each Other releases debut album, Glass Case, via Paper Dice Recordings.
The Other Each Other
The Other Each Other is the project of singer-songwriter, producer, conceptualist, and multi-instrumentalist Joel Finch, who, talking about the album’s inspiration, shares, “This release largely started out as a project to help close out some thoughts on the current U.S. administration in 2020, but it quickly evolved into a consideration of the sad universality of caste. What compels someone to vote against their own well-being to keep another from getting more or even become equal?”
Mixed and mastered by Tim Green at Louder Studios, Glass Case follows The Other Each Other’s self-titled EP, released last year.
Encompassing eight tracks, entry points on the album include “We Have Eyes,” opening on strident, murky guitars riding crips percussion. As the song builds with raw energy and grimy layers of color, it takes on thick, viscous heft topped by wailing vocals.
Moody, brooding, and brimming with beaucoup shadowy, haunting coloration, Glass Case is an excellent album, ominous yet oh so captivating.
“Must” begins with futuristic industrial tones, ratcheting and glitching. Potent drums enter, throbbing and angry, as granular guitars pummel the atmosphere with cogent sedimental tones. At once stark and primeval, “Must” reveals dark clots of coloration as Joel’s ghostly voice gives the lyrics blunt cutting edges.
“The Wind” rides a Gothic-folk melody, trembling and glittering on dour textures. Almost dirge-like, the tune resembles a sad elegy. Joel explains, “That song is very personal. My dad passed away, and he would have been somebody great to talk to about what’s been happening. This weaves into the overarching story of politics in that it’s important to have people you can talk to during trying times.”
Rumbling and moaning on sepulchral hues, simultaneously coarse and booming, “Door At Final Days” conjures up memories of Slipknot, only more opaque and gravitational. “No Off” rolls out on delicate surfaces of prog-rock blended with low-slung tones reminiscent of Led Zeppelin. When the urgent drums enter, the tune assumes searing post-punk dynamics.
“Heavy Reign and Severed Flooding” travels on oozing, oscillating timbres escalating into a black post-punk tune laced with dense doom metal-like ridges.
Moody, brooding, and brimming with beaucoup shadowy, haunting coloration, Glass Case is an excellent album, ominous yet oh so captivating.
